Tag Archives: Liz Lochhead

Omnisatire and the Ragged Sleeve

Posted on January 28, 2017 by W N Herbert

Reading The Poets of The People’s Journal, edited by Kirstie Blair, I am so far maist impressed by by the mock-rustic ‘Poute’ (Alexander Burgess), wha conducts a sort of omnisatire, in that he critiques mid-19th century assumptions about poetry, the … Continue reading →

Posted in current emanations | Tagged 'Poute' (Alexander Burgess), Adrian Wisniewski, Alexander Moffat, Alison Flett, Annalena McAfee, David Kinloch, David Wheatley, George Gilfillan, Guardian Review, Harry Giles, Hugh MacDiarmid, Jackie Kay, Kate Kellaway, Kirstie Blair, Liz Lochhead, Lys Hansen, People's Journal, Peter Howson, R.D. Laing, Richard Price, Robert Burns, Robert Crawford, Stella Cartwright, Stephen Campbell, The Bottle Imp, Tom Leonard, W.S. Graham, William Letford, William McGonagall | 1 Comment

From the Miniature to the Virtual: Informationist Dundee

Posted on April 18, 2016 by W N Herbert

Like several Scottish and Northern cities which have struggled with their changing identity – are they, as formerly, principally provincial conglomerations, or can they become something more, something capable of rebalancing the stacked centre/region dichotomy? – Dundee has performed and … Continue reading →

Posted in dundee makar | Tagged Alice, Cox's Stack, Czech Republic, D.M. Brown's, Darlington, Draffens, Dundee, Dundee Doldrums, Dundee Makar, Durham, Edinburgh, Edwin Morgan, Elgin, Flann O'Brien, Frieda Kahlo, Gairfish, General Monck, Groucho's, Grove Academy, Hugh MacDiarmid, Hull, Informationist Dundee, Jackie Kay, John Davidson, Kolkata, Lewis Carroll, Liz Lochhead, Mennie's, Mexico City, Michael Marra, Monty Python, Newcaslte, Noctes Ambrosianae, Pedro Serrano, Richard Price, Royal Arch, Royal Society of Literature, Scots language, Shanghai, Situationism, Speedwell Tavern, Stirling, Tay Whale, Taybridge Bar, The Goons, The McManus, The Overgate, The Pillars, The Ruin, The White Knight, Through the Looking Glass, Trades Kirk, Virtual Scotland, W.S. Graham, Whaleback City, William McGonagall, Wordsworth Trust | 1 Comment

Non-Standard (2)

Posted on June 1, 2015 by W N Herbert

(This second part is drawn from the lectures I delivered at Newcastle on ‘Modern Scottish Poetry’, a course I taught until it became evident that Creative Writing was where all the effort needed to go, in terms of designing an … Continue reading →

Posted in xenochronicity | Tagged Bartleby, Christopher Whyte, Don Paterson, Douglas Dunn, Edwin Muir, Francis Jones, Herman Melville, Hugh MacDiarmid, Kathleen Jamie, Lawrence Venuti, Liz Lochhead, Michel Foucault, Paul Muldoon, Radical Renfrew, Sharon Olds, T.S.Eliot, Tom Leonard, Tony Harrison | Leave a comment

A Turbulent Makar

Posted on March 19, 2007 by W N Herbert

(This piece on Edwin Morgan’s Scottish Laureateship was written in November 2005 for a small magazine the name and a copy of which continues to evade me.) The idea of a poet laureate carries with it some interesting preconceptions. Although … Continue reading →

Posted in elderblog | Tagged Andrew Motion, Augustus, Ben Jonson, Billy Collins, Carol Ann Duffy, Charles II, Creative Scotland, Doctor Johnson, Douglas Dunn, Edwin Morgan, Edwin Muir, Frank McAveety, George Mackay Brown, Hugh MacDiarmid, Iain Crichton Smith, Jack McConnell, James Hogg, John Dryden, Liz Lochhead, Michael Morpurgo, Norman MacCaig, Restoration, Robert Burns, Robert Crawford, Robert Fergusson, Roddy Lumsden, Scottish Executive, Scottish Opera, Sorley MacLean, T.S.Eliot, Virgil, W.S. Graham, Walter Scott | Leave a comment

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Omnisatire and the Ragged Sleeve

From the Miniature to the Virtual: Informationist Dundee

Non-Standard (2)

A Turbulent Makar

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